Student Summer 2012 Placement

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a student to come and work within the Observatory for four to six weeks over the summer (June/July).  The student will need to be studying in a related discipline (statistics, economics, geography etc.), be highly numerate and willing to work across a range of projects within our team. The [...]

Quality of Life 2011/12 Report – Feedback Survey

The Quality of Life 2011/12 Report, produced by Warwickshire Observatory in October last year, uses analysis of a range of trends and indicators to provide an assessment of the quality of life experienced by residents in Warwickshire, and also assesses how these have changed over time. The report’s findings contribute to our evidence base needed [...]

A vacancy has arisen within the Observatory team for a Corporate GIS Manager

An exciting new vacancy has arisen for a Corporate GIS manager to join our team. The aim of the role is to develop, manage and champion Geographical Information Systems within and across Warwickshire County Council, so that it makes best use of GI, data, and other resources. The successful candidate will be responsible for Information Management within Warwickshire Observatory. [...]

Atlas of Deprivation now available from ONS

The Regional and Local team at Office for National Statistics have published the ‘Atlas of Deprivation’ on the Neighbourhood Statistics website. Based on the 2010 Indices of Deprivation for England, which combine a number of areas chosen to cover a range of economic, social and housing issues into a single deprivation score for each Lower Layer [...]

New wards for Rugby in 2012

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Rugby Borough Council.  The new set of ward boundaries will come into force at the next local elections for Rugby in May 2012. At present, Rugby has 20 wards.  You can view profiles for each of these here.  [...]

Proposals for new Parliamentary Constituency boundaries released

The Boundary Commission for England has published proposals for new Parliamentary Constituencies and is inviting comments until December 5th.  The boundary review is intended to reduce the number of constituencies in England from 533 to 502 and make sure that each constituency has a similar number of registered electors. We have looked at the proposals for [...]

Accessible ‘PDF’ maps developed for High Speed Railway (HS2) consultation

In response to the Government’s plan to create a high speed railway linking London to the North (with a link to Birmingham and running through Warwickshire), Warwickshire County Council decided to create an ‘evidence base’ of information to share with the public and its partner organisations. Added to other information from the authority, such as [...]

Public Data Corporation to Free up Public Data

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude and Business Minister Edward Davey have outlined plans for a new Public Data Corporation. The Corporation will, for the first time, bring together Government bodies and data into one organisation and provide an unprecedented level of easily accessible public information and drive further efficiency in the delivery of [...]

Government initiative for national addressing

In recognition of the substantial social and economic benefits that a single definitive national spatial address register would bring the government has announced it will bring together address information from Ordnance Survey and local authorities to create a ‘national address gazetteer database’, providing one definitive source of accurate publicly-owned spatial address data, for the whole of [...]

January 2011 Newsletter

This month sees the launch of our first ‘Warwickshire Observatory Newsletter’. Here you can see the work we’re currently involved in and some of the projects headed our way. There will be three newsletters produced per year alongside the regular updates we provide both on the blog and on our website. Warwickshire Observatory Newsletter – [...]